The devastating, magnitude-7.8 earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday has left at least 4,000 dead with many more feared to have perished. People around the world have watched with horror as aid workers continue to search for casualties, assess the damage and bring relief to those injured and made homeless by the quake.
We urge those who can to support the many relief organizations who are working in Nepal. Below, we offer these thoughts, prayers and meditations in support of the suffering people of Nepal from religious leaders, activists, and many others.
Novice Buddhist monks light candles and offer prayers for victims of Nepal's earthquake, in Bodhgaya, India, Sunday, April 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Manish Bhandari)
A Hindu Nepalese woman offers prayers at Indrayani temple, that was damaged in Saturday's earthquake, in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Volunteers and emergency workers search for bodies buried under the debris of one of the temples at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
A mother holds her child in an evacuation area set up by the authorities in Tundhikel park on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Volunteers clear debris of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
A volunteer walks on top of the debris of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
A rescue team member sits on top of the debris of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
A resident sits on the ground in an evacuation area set up by the authorities in Tundhikel park on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Rescue team members search for bodies in the debris of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Residents line up for food in an evacuation area set up by the authorities in Tundhikel park on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Volunteers and rescue team members clear debris of a collapsed temple at Basantapur Durbar Square on April 27, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Photo by Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Nepalese soldiers carry a wounded man to a waiting Indian air force helicopter as they evacuate victims of Saturday's earthquake from Trishuli Bazar to Kathmandu airport in Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Nepalese soldiers unload relief material brought in an Indian air force helicopter for victims of Saturday's earthquake at Trishuli Bazar in Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian woman Padma holds a photograph showing her son Bharat and daughter in law Partima with whom she has not been able to establish contact after Saturday's earthquake in Nepal, during a prayer ceremony for the earthquake affected at a Hindu temple in Jammu, India, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A woman walks barefooted towards the hold area after she was evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A man sits with a child on his lap as victims of Saturday'ss earthquake, wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Victims of Saturday's earthquake lie on stretchers as they wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Victims Saturday's earthquake wait for ambulances after being evacuated at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Members of Nepalese army rescue a dead body from inside a building that collapsed in Saturday's earthquake, in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
Nepalese residents gather in an open space at the site of destruction caused after Saturday's earthquake in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
A man walks past damage caused by an earthquake in Kathmandu, Nepal, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
In this image from an AP video, people search among the rubble of buildings in Kathmandu after the earthquake hit the area on April 25, 2015. (AP video via AP)
In this photo provided by Guna Raj Luitel, an injured woman is carried just after the earthquake in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (Guna Raj Luitel via AP)
Injured people receive treatment in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa)
Injured people receive treatment outside the Medicare Hospital in Kathmandu. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
People walk past damage in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
A man carries a dog and walks past damage caused by the earthquake in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
A group of people gather outdoors as the earthquake hits Kathmandu on April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
People gather near a damaged building in Kathmandu, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Tashi Sherpa)
A building stands damaged, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
Volunteers help with rescue work at the site of a building that collapsed, April 25, 2015. (AP Photo/ Niranjan Shrestha)
Houses collapse after tremors from the Nepal earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. (ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Houses collapse after tremors from the Nepal earthquake on April 25, 2015 in Tibet Autonomous Region of China. (ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)
Emergency rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of Dharahara Tower after it collapsed on April 25, 2015 in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
Kathmandu residents run to shelters after a replica tremor hit the city on April 25, 2015. (Omar Havana/Getty Images)
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